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Valve, an Important Element for Piping System - 2013-06-21 15:01:17
In the fluid piping system, the valve is a control element, and its main function is to isolate the equipment and the piping system, to regulate flow and to prevent back flow and to adjust and drain pressure. It is very important to choose right valves for piping system, so we must know more about valves. Up to now, valve industries have been capable of manufacturing complete kinds of valves, including gate valve, stop valve and throttle valve, plug valve and Flat Ball Valve and so on. Generally speaking, valve has two characteristics like operating characteristics and structural characteristics. Operating characteristics decides the main operating functions and operating range of the valve. The type of the valve like closing valve, adjusting valve and safety valve and product type like gate valve, stop valve and butterfly valve and so on belong to operating characteristics. The structural characteristics decide some structural features on the installation, maintenance of the valve. Since it is so important to choose a right valve for the piping system, we must choose them according to following aspects. First, we should check the strength property of the valve. The strength property of the valve refers to the ability of the valve to endure the medium pressure. The valve is a machinery product to endure the internal pressure, so it must have enough strength and stiffness in order to guarantee that it will not break or get deformed in the long use. Second, we should check the sealing property of the valve. The sealing property of the 1Pc Threaded Ball Valve means the ability of all sealing parts of the valve to prevent dielectric leakage, and it is the most important technical functional index of the valve. The valve has three sealing parts including the joint part between the on-off part and the two sealing covers of the valve seat, the matching place among the filler and the valve pole and gland box and the connection between the valve body and the valve lid. Third, we should check the flowing medium as well. The medium will have pressure loss when it flows pass the valve, namely, the valve has certain resistance to the flowing medium. The medium has to consume certain energy in order to overcome the resistance of the valve. In order to save energy, when we are designing and manufacturing the valve, we should reduce the resistance of the valve to the flowing medium. In a word, valve is an important part for the piping system, and we must be careful to choose valves since there are different types, and we can not buy a stop valve from a Cast Steel Gate Valve manufacturer.